[lbo-talk] An Anti-Labor Day

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Sep 6 15:23:26 PDT 2004


After a cursory glance, it looks like there's only _1_ non-Southern Dem on the list--Hatch from New Mexico.

-- Luke

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] An Anti-Labor Day


> R wrote:
>
> >as nathan newman tells us, 40 percent of the democrats voted in
> >Favor of NAFTA. let's see how this party of the people did when it
> >was far less "conservative" than it is today; and labor had far more
> >political power.
>
> I hate to say it, but this actually can be read as supporting
> Nathan's argument. Most of the Dems listed are from the South
> (including Pat Robertson's father) - they'd be Republicans today.
>
> >Democrats voting to over-ride Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley: 24
> >
> >Byrd Va
> >John Connally Tx
> >Eastland, Miss
> >Ellender La
> >Fulbright Ar
> >George Ga
> >Hatch NM
> >Hoey NC
> >Holland Fl
> >Maybank SC
> >McLellan AK
> >McKellar TN
> >O'Connor MD
> >O'Daniel TX
> >Overton LA
> >Robertson Va
> >Russell GA
> >Stewart TN
> >Tydings MD
> >Umstead NC
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